Symbol

What does symbolic language include?

What does a symbol do?

What can symbols be like?

Who fathers this theory?

From an extract of his book "the nature of religious language" what does he explain?

How can we think of this extract (as modified by Mrs Steele)?

What is step 1?

What example does Tillich give to explain a symbol and a sign?

What does he say about the words used in poetical and liturgical language?

What is step 2?

What is step 3?

What is step 4?

What is step 5?

What conclusion can we draw from this?

What does he say about the Christian Cross?

What can be said about symbols on a universal scale?

What does it remind us of when talking about God?

What does this theory capture?

What does this overcome

Why is this theory good?

What can be said about the non-literal nature of symbols?

What can symbols become the focus of?

How does John Macquarrie criticise Tillich?

What does MacQuarrie propose instead?

How does Hick criticise symbol?

How does William Alston criticise symbol?

How does Paul Edwards criticise symbol?

How does Randall criticise symbol?